Editing 1926 (section)

===August===
{{Main|August 1926}}
* [[August 1]] &ndash; In Mexico, the entry into force of anticlerical measures stipulated in the Constitution of [[1917]] causes the [[Cristero War]] from August 3.
* [[August 2]] &ndash; The short-lived Western Australian Secession League is founded.<ref>{{cite book | last = Pervan | first = Ralph | title = Essays on Western Australian politics | publisher = University of Western Australia Press for the Education Committee of the 150th Anniversary Celebrations | location = Nedlands Australia | year = 1979 | isbn = 9780855641498 |page=5}}</ref>
* [[August 5]] &ndash; In New York, the [[Warner Brothers]]' [[Vitaphone]] system is seen by audiences for the first time, in the movie ''[[Don Juan (1926 film)|Don Juan]]'', starring [[John Barrymore]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Coe | first = Brian | title = The history of movie photography | publisher = Ash & Grant | location = London | year = 1981 | isbn = 9780904069389 | page=100}}</ref>
* [[August 6]] &ndash; American [[Gertrude Ederle]] becomes the first woman to swim the [[English Channel]], from France to England.<ref>{{cite news |first= Richard|last= Severo |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/01/sports/gertrude-ederle-the-first-woman-to-swim-across-the-english-channel-dies-at-98.html |title=Gertrude Ederle, the First Woman to Swim Across the English Channel, Dies at 98 |work=[[New York Times]] |date=December 1, 2003 |access-date=August 11, 2009 }}</ref>
* [[August 18]] &ndash; In the United States, a weather map is televised for the first time, sent from NAA Arlington to the [[Weather Bureau]] office in Washington, D.C.
* [[August 22]] &ndash; In Greece, [[Georgios Kondylis]] ousts [[Theodoros Pangalos (general)|Theodoros Pangalos]].
* [[August 25]] &ndash; [[Pavlos Kountouriotis]] announces that [[dictatorship]] has ended in Greece, and he is now the president.